Comparison

Realm Grinder vs Pixel Tribe

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Realm Grinder

Build a vast kingdom from humble beginnings, earning wealth even offline. Explore deep strategic choices by aligning with diverse factions, unlocking hundreds of upgrades, and discovering new game systems. Enjoy frequent events and collect numerous achievements.

Highlights
  • Kingdom building and offline wealth generation
  • Deep strategic choices with multiple factions
  • Hundreds of upgrades and unique buildings
  • Unlock new game systems and content
  • Collect hundreds of achievements
  • Frequent in-game events
Features
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Grow your kingdom, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPG's ever! Use your money and influence to grow your kingdom from a single farm to a huge realm that earns wealth even while you're not online! In Realm Grinder, the player is given an incredible array of choices in how they build forge their new kingdom. KEY FEATURES: *Deep Strategy - Choose to align yourself with a dozen different factions, each of which has their own distinct play style. Will you align with the elves, who reward tapping for treasure, or the demons, who give massive bonuses to the most powerful structures? *Hundreds of Upgrades - Further fine tune your strategy by choosing unique upgrades, buildings, and spells to invest in. *Tons of Content - Continue to unlock new and exciting systems like new factions, research, reincarnations, excavations, and way more. Months and months of unique content! *Collect Hundreds of Achievements - Achievement hunters will be delighted with the broad range and depth of the achievement system. And it's not just eye candy! Many strategies rely on collecting trophies in order to boost certain upgrades. *Frequent Events - Beyond the expansive base content in the game, there are frequent events where players can enjoy unique mechanics and exciting bonuses. Please Note: Realm Grinder is a free-to-play game, but some extra game items can be purchased for real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.

About

Pixel Tribe

Build and manage a Viking tribe in a retro pixel art strategy RPG. Craft weapons, upgrade your kingdom, and lead your Vikings in turn-based raids and PVP battles. Farm resources, raise animals, and customize your village to become the ultimate Viking chief.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade Viking kingdom
  • Craft weapons and armor
  • Turn-based combat raids
  • Farm resources and raise animals
  • Multiplayer clans and PVP battles
  • Customize Viking skills
Features
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Pixel Tribe: Viking Kingdom is a strategy RPG with retro pixel art graphics where you build and upgrade a tribe of Vikings. As the chief, you must build your kingdom, raise a tribe of Vikings, craft weapons and armor, and send your Vikings on epic turn-based raids. Craft items and resources, upgrade your kingdom and improve your Vikings fighting skills. Build, farm, raise animals, decorate, upgrade and customize your own Viking Kingdom. Craft weapons and armor for your Vikings to give them a fighting chance against the toughest enemies in Midgard! PIXEL TRIBE: VIKING KINGDOM FEATURES CRAFT, BUILD & UPGRADE ● Craft and upgrade weapons and armor. ● Build and upgrade buildings like the Weaponsmith, Viking ship, Church and more. ● Craft resources to earn gold and upgrade your kingdom. ● Craft items and gear to upgrade your Vikings fighting skills. ● Upgrade your farm to craft food and more valuable resources. FIGHTING ● Earn rewards by fighting and raid your enemies! ● Level up your Vikings and upgrade your fighting skills! ● Fighting lets you specialize your Vikings as tanks, fighters, archers or mages. ● Top the Leaderboards by fighting your way to glory! FARM, BUILD & UPGRADE ● Build a farm and craft food to heal your Vikings. ● Plant and harvest crops. ● Build your kingdom and raise animals. ● Farm and feed your animals to produce eggs, wool, and milk. MULTIPLAYER ● Clans with Raids, Orders, and Buffs ● PVP battles ● Leagues and Leaderboards ● Visit other Players villages

Screenshots

Realm Grinder4 screens
Pixel Tribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Tribe at 4.9 against Realm Grinder's 4.5. Pixel Tribe also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 64%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Realm Grinder sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Tribe sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Tribe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.1K and 4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Realm Grinder's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pixel Tribe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Realm Grinder ships an update every 6 weeks, Pixel Tribe every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Realm Grinder versus Pixel Tribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealm GrinderPixel Tribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.1K ratings)4.9 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews89.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.1K4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB308 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperKongregateKvannli AS

Customer experience

Realm Grinder

All ratings3,114 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews726 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral10.3%
Negative25.9%

Pixel Tribe

All ratings3,962 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.9%

User reviews

Realm Grinder

From 3.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic game, getting even better
  • 🚀 Best idle game imo
  • 🚀 Really Good!
  • 🚀 Great game, just hard to read the text
  • 🚀 Amazing, Addicting, Creative, and Addicting Game!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Scry not working - no response from support team
  • 🐛 Crashes constantly
  • 🐛 Impossible to read/play on iPhone 12
  • 🐛 Impossible to read/play on iPhone 12
  • 🐛 Broke

Pixel Tribe

From 4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 🔒 No ads or pay-to-win
  • 👍 Cozy and nostalgic aesthetic
  • 👍 Satisfying progression

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Slow progression and long wait times
  • 🔍 Lack of content and features
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 🔍 Repetitive gameplay
  • 🔍 Imbalanced leveling and resource acquisition

Bugs and requests

Realm Grinder

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Scry not working since last release
  • Crashes constantly
  • Impossible to read/play on iPhone 12
  • Impossible to read/play on iPhone 12
  • Can't collect lava stone, only holy symbols
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  • No lava stones
  • UI bad
  • Crashes every time it connects to Game Center
  • Spells cast not counting
  • Can't purchase anything

Requested features

5 requests
  • Have to add some faction wars
  • Change the screen bigger for newer iPhone models please
  • Please add Chinese
  • Please add Chinese
  • Suggestion

Pixel Tribe

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or bugs
  • Soft-locking issues due to progression imbalance

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to rename or customize Vikings
  • Expanded clan/multiplayer features
  • More diverse building and decoration options
  • Reduced crafting/production times
  • Offline/background progression mode
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  • Challenging boss battles or events
  • Improved quest/progression system

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Realm Grinder

One-time9
  • Gift of the Heroes$4.99
  • Small Pack of Rubies$4.99
  • Gift of the Kings$9.99
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  • Medium Pack of Rubies$9.99
  • Gift of the Faithful$9.99
  • Gift of the Myths$14.99
  • Gift of the Gods$19.99
  • Large Pack of Rubies$19.99
  • Huge Pack of Rubies$49.99
7 purchases

Pixel Tribe

One-time7
  • Pocketfull of Gems$0.99
  • Pile of Gems$1.99
  • Bag of Gems$4.99
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  • Sack of Gems$9.99
  • Box of Gems$19.99
  • Chest of Gems$49.99
  • Golden Gem Chest$99.99

Questions

Is Realm Grinder free?
Realm Grinder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Tribe free?
Pixel Tribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Realm Grinder or Pixel Tribe?
Pixel Tribe is rated higher. Realm Grinder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Pixel Tribe averages 4.9 from 4K ratings.
Do Realm Grinder or Pixel Tribe have ads?
Both Realm Grinder and Pixel Tribe show ads.
Which is updated more often, Realm Grinder or Pixel Tribe?
Realm Grinder ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pixel Tribe every 4 weeks. Most recently, Realm Grinder was updated on October 19, 2026 and Pixel Tribe on October 15, 2026.

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